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Small Plate Valves

1905/1925

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Small Plate Valves
  • Title
  • Small Plate Valves
  • Identifier
  • MSP210.B019.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP210.B019.I02
  • Description
  • These blowing engine heads were utilized in conjunction with Automatic Plate Valves. The Mesta Machine Company Automatic Plate Valve was an important product, not only to the Mesta Machine Company, but also to many other members of the iron and steel industry who utilized blast furnaces. It was known for its efficiency and durability, which lead to its adoption as the standard plate valve utilized in blast furnaces blowing engines. The standardized sizes in which Mesta produced the valves ranged from two inches to 16 inches in diameter. Mesta’s production of the automatic plate valve allowed the company and its customers, to operate numerous furnaces without the addition of extra blowing engines. The Mesta Steam Blowing Engine was ideal for smaller plants that utilized singular blast furnaces. One of the advantages of such an engine was that it could be stored in a relatively small area, making it perfect for plants with limited floor space. Another advantage was that these engines could operate at much higher speeds than their older counterparts. Between the years of 1913-1919, Mesta constructed more than ninety-percent of all steam blowing engines built in the United States.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mesta Machine Company (West Homestead, Pa.)
    Engines.
  • Source
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs, 1906-1925, MSP 210, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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